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Pride in Progress
Coverage of Pride in Progress in the Nexus archive.
- Severed Trump head painting displayed at Utah Pride event; kids invited to hit Mike Lee piñata
An LGBTQ+ center in Utah, the Cougar Pride Center, hosted a Pride event featuring a painting of Donald Trump's severed head and a piñata of Sen. Mike Lee, sparking controversy. The event, held near Brigham Young University, was criticized for promoting violence, though the center and artist defended it as free speech under the First Amendment.